Method of controlling an image processing device

Abstract

The present method of controlling an image processing device consists in transmitting data such that it can be reproduced on image processing devices of other users. An image signal is produced using an image generator and an image is displayed using a display, then data about the received image is obtained and additional information is linked to the data about the received image. The transmission of data constitutes the transmission of additional information linked to data about a received image, said information being transmitted to a server via the Internet. The additional information is displayed provided that the data obtained about the received image coincides with the data about the received image on other devices for processing the image with respect to which additional information has been generated, which, in turn, has been linked to the image.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . A method for controlling an image processing device of a first registered user, comprising transmitting data to be reproduced on an image processing device of another registered user, characterized in that it comprises following steps:
 a. obtaining an image signal by an image signal forming means and displaying said image signal in real time by means of a screen,   b. recognizing at least one object on the obtained image,   c. associating additional information inputted by an input means to an image of the recognized object,   d. transferring the additional information related to the image of the recognized object to a server,   e. receiving from the server an additional information associated with the image of the recognized object previously transferred to the server by image processing devices of other registered users via Internet,   f. displaying said received additional information, provided that a relevant object is recognized on the obtained image,   wherein recognition of objects on the obtained image and associating additional information with the image of the recognized object is carried out in real time, the output of the received additional information.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the recognition of the object on the image is carried out by a calculation means based on comparison of the obtained image with stored images of the objects. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the additional information is formed as an image. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the additional information is formed as a text. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the additional information is formed as an audio signal. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the additional information is formed as a combination of an image, a text and an audio signal. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the additional information is formed as at least two of: an image, an audio signal, and a text. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to claim  1 , wherein the image signal forming means is a built-in camera.